Director of Manufacturing

Job Description

Job Description

Director of ManufacturingBuild Amazing Things. Leave the Business Ownership to Us.

Have you run your own cabinet shop, carpentry/fabrication business, millwork company, sign shop, or construction company?

Do you miss leading a great team, building incredible projects, and seeing customers blown away by the final product…

…but you don't miss chasing payments, preparing estimates until midnight, dealing with QuickBooks, insurance renewals, HR issues, payroll, or wondering where your next project is coming from?

If that's you, keep reading.

We are a a custom fabrication company specializing in experiential marketing environments, trade show exhibits, commercial millwork, custom cabinetry, branded environments, scenic fabrication, and one-of-a-kind projects.

No two weeks are the same.

One week we're building a custom corporate lobby. The next we're fabricating an activation for a national brand. Then we're loading scenic elements onto a cruise ship or building displays seen by millions of people.

We're looking for someone who genuinely enjoys building things, leading people, solving problems, and making a shop run like a well-oiled machine.

As our PDirector of Manufacturing, you'll oversee every project once it's sold.

Your job is to make sure every project leaves our shop on time, on budget, and at a quality level that makes our customers want to work with us again.

You'll lead department heads across:

• CNC & Machining

• Fabrication

• Finishing

• Final Assembly

• Shipping & Logistics

You'll coordinate with Sales, Project Management, Design, and Purchasing while owning the production schedule and helping eliminate bottlenecks before they become emergencies.

You won't be expected to chase customers for money.

You won't be writing estimates.

You won't be managing QuickBooks.

You won't be worrying about payroll or where the next project comes from.

Your job is to build an incredible production organization.

• Leading the production team and department heads

• Scheduling labor and balancing shop capacity

• Creating efficient production workflows

• Improving productivity without sacrificing quality

• Coaching and developing employees

• Conducting daily production meetings

• Monitoring project progress and identifying risks early

• Working with project managers to ensure successful handoffs

• Improving SOPs and documenting best practices

• Driving continuous improvement throughout the shop

• Maintaining a safe, clean, organized production environment

• Ensuring every project ships complete, accurate, and on time

You probably have experience such as:

• Owner of a cabinet or millwork shop

• Former business owner in fabrication or construction

• Production Manager or Operations Manager

• General Manager of a manufacturing business

• Shop Foreman who naturally became the leader everyone relied on

You've likely managed anywhere from 10–50 employees.

You understand scheduling, purchasing, quality control, production flow, and accountability.

You don't panic when something goes sideways—you organize people, solve the problem, and move forward.

You know how to earn respect without yelling.

You enjoy mentoring people.

You hate wasted motion.

You believe systems beat heroics.

Most importantly, you care about building something you're proud to put your name on.

Within your first year, you'll have:

• Built a highly accountable production culture

• Improved efficiency throughout the shop

• Reduced costly mistakes and rework

• Increased on-time deliveries

• Developed stronger department leaders

• Created systems that allow the business to scale

• Helped make Breakthrough Productions one of the premier fabrication shops in the industry

• Leadership experience in manufacturing, fabrication, millwork, cabinetry, exhibits, construction, or similar industries

• Strong understanding of production scheduling

• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects

• Ability to read shop drawings and understand fabrication methods

• Excellent communication and leadership skills

• Strong organizational skills

• Continuous improvement mindset

Experience with custom fabrication, CNC manufacturing, architectural millwork, cabinetry, scenic fabrication, or experiential marketing is a significant advantage.

This isn't another corporate manufacturing job.

This isn't managing an assembly line that builds the same thing every day.

Every week brings a new challenge, a new customer, and a new project.

You'll help create work that people photograph, experience, and remember.

If you've spent years running a business and discovered that you love building teams more than managing the business itself, this could be exactly what you've been looking for.

We take care of finding the work.

You build the team that brings it to life.

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• CAD Software